From the website:
“OTTO is an electronic musical instrument for realtime manual beat slicing of audio samples. OTTO provides a tangible user interface designed with the aim of giving the user the feel of having the sample in his hands. The musician can manipulate an audio sample in real time through the use of a restricted number of simple physical buttons and switches.”
Looks pretty sweet. Take a look…
OTTO ~ demo.01 from Luca De Rosso on Vimeo.
It’s true. It’s finally getting done. A new project titled “Uncanny Valley” is nearing the final stages of completion. More details on the album soon. I’ve been working out the takes I did on a friend’s Multimoog. Gawd damn I love this machine. Amazing sound. Even cooler when it’s triggered by the Kenton Pro-2000 mkII.
Leb Borgerson, aka Quiet Countries, recently released a new album called “The Karate Williams Diaries”. The album is built upon haunting melodies, emotive atmospheric loops and fractured beats. With the exception of a few vocal cuts it mainly revolves around instrumental tracks. A guest appearance from Portland wordsmith, A.E.D., and some additional vocals from Leb rounds out the album’s 10 songs. What initially struck me about his work was the creative use of sampling and the expertly programmed drums. “The Karate Williams Diaries“ also happens to feature a number of drum samples from Bridgetown Breaks. It’s always exciting to hear how other artists have incorporated BTB into their work and when asked about its inclusion Leb responded, “Bridgetown Breaks gives you access to the minds, limbs and kits of some of Portland’s best drummers and all you have to do is buy a record.”. Well said and a fine example of reciprocal awesomeness. Check out his site and listen to more tracks here.
“Ridiculous Riddles” feat. A.E.D.
Dusted William Sounds has released a new series of drum sounds called the Dirty Dose. It features sounds from the Atari 2600, the Commodore 64 and a Tama Analog Drum Set. It has a Slammability Factor of 11 and a bitrate of 8! Guaranteed to add some lo-fi crunch to your tracks. Here’s the deal:
Here’s a short lil beat I put together called “Dusted on Atari”. With the exception of the bass (TAL-Elek7ro), I only used sounds from the DWS archive. In addition to the kits from Dirty Dose I also used some drums from the free SP-1200 collection you get when you sign up for their newsletter. Dig it!
Cool demo vid of a new bass pedal from Electro-Harmonix that features Viva Voce’s Kevin Robinson. EHX makes some of the nastiest pedals out there. Great for synths and other instruments too.
Viva Voce heads out for a month long tour next week. Check the schedule here.
You can also hear some of Kevin’s Bonham-esque drumming on Bridgetown Breaks Vol. 2.
The third, and last, batch of the of the super limited Boy Eats Drum Machine vinyls are now available in the store. Each purchase also receives a high quality digital download of the album. And for added “pleasure” we’ve extended the free BBV2 Digipak offer. So for $15 you get a one-of-a-kind album printed by the artist, a digital copy for your favorite MP3 player and a CD full of slammin breaks….whoa! Whatta deal! Get some while they last!!!
He’s about to start a new tour so check him out when he comes through your town.
I’ve been lucky enough to attend nearly all of these events. They’re always packed and always dope. Eddie Styles of the world famous Jabbawockeez and Twixx from all-star Seattle crew, Massive Monkeys will be on hand as guest judges. All that and it’s FREE people. Get up and get down! There are still spaces available if you are interested in competing. Peep the details below:
So I’ve been kicking around the idea of trying to turn my Wacom intuos3 graphics tablet into an audio performance instrument. Something like a stylophone or maybe just load up a loop and freak the pitch & time. Anyone out there who’s done that? Share your wizardry and I’ll give you some free records. Cool? Anyhoo, Main Sequence tells me about Quartz Composer, Controller Mate and a few other developer tools that might help the cause and I stumble upon the Nextbeat NXT-1000 which, coincidentally, is being made by Wacom. ¡Muy Interesante!
This is Wacom’s first venture into music controllers and I must say it looks pretty cool. Not sure how hardcore DJ’s will feel about it? It’s certainly not going to replace 1200’s or Serato. But, it seems like it could be an awesome performance/studio tool. I dig the wireless portable control surface. A) it looks like the Enterprise, and B) it allows one to move freely about the cabin. Bitchin’. Nextbeat supports digital formats such as MP3, WAV and AIFF. Load up tracks or samples via compact flash and hop to it.
No word on availability in the US or how much it’s going to cost. The site is a bit cryptic and I’ve yet to see any comprehensive demo videos that really show what it’s capable of. Until then I’ll keep chipping away at my own bootleg version.
YES! We love us some BEDM. We love us some Blazers. So when the two forces combine the Cheer Meter goes to 11 and everybody gets free chalupas. We’re especially stoked because A) the Blazers are going to the playoffs and B) BEDM sampled a break called “1/2 way to Miami” from Bridgetown Breaks Vol. 1. I wanna hear this over the speakers in the Rose Garden and watch a choreographed routine by Blazer Dancers !!!! Happy times.
download here
Here’s the O.G. version
Hilarious (and genius) documentary from Mr. Oizo. The video depicts the french electro pioneer as a blonde woman with a southern accent who infuses keyboards with yogurt and uses a lettuce whip to coax performances out of studio musicians. I’ll say no more…except that I want that CD wallet! Finally, a practical use for that poor forgotten medium!!!
MAKING LAMBS ANGER (ok quality) from oizo mr on Vimeo.
